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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can define the people who are working on a project, such as the authors of specific elements.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To define the project authors, select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Settings | People</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">People</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog displays, defaulted to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Author(s)</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Complete the fields as described below:</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="524" style="width:524px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Type the name of the person registered as a Project Author.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">If you are using a Windows Active Directory, you can select names from the directory. Click on the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> [ ... ] </span><span class="f_Tabletext">(Browse) button to display the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="authors.htm#UserDir">Select Users</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">You can also type a list of names separated by semi-colons. This enables you to define a group of people sharing a role, such as a team of Developers, Testers or Analysts. Do not leave any spaces between the names and the semicolon.</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If you enter multiple names, Enterprise Architect adds them separately and in alphabetical order to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Defined Authors</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> list. If you then click on one of these names, Enterprise Architect displays that name only in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Name</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> field.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="524" style="width:524px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Specify the role the Project Author plays in the project (e.g. </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Designer, Analyst, Architect</span><span class="f_Tabletext">).</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">You can type a role name or click on the drop-down arrow and select a role defined through the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="projectroles.htm">Project Roles</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> tab.</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If you type a role, this is not added to the roles on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Roles</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> tab.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="524" style="width:524px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Type any additional notes concerning the Project Author.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="524" style="width:524px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Review the Project Authors already defined.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Save</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button to add the new names to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Defined Authors</span><span class="f_BodyText"> list.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To add further Authors, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">New</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To delete a Project Author, click on the name in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Defined Authors</span><span class="f_BodyText"> list and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Delete</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button.</span></p>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">You can transport these author definitions between models, using the </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="exportrefdata.htm">Export Reference Data</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> and </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText" style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="importrefdata.htm">Import Reference Data</a></span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> options on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tools </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">menu.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Select from User Directory<a name="userdir"></a></span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If your company is using a Windows Active Directory, you can select the Project Author names from the local or corporate-wide directory. To do this, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">On the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Author(s) </span><span class="f_NumberedList">tab, click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[ ... ] </span><span class="f_NumberedList">button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select Users</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
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<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Object Types</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button and select the checkbox for the object type </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">User</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button to return to the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select Users</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Locations</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Locations</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
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<li value=5><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the appropriate area or level of the directory, and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select Users</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog redisplays.</span></li>
<li value=6><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Enter the object names to search</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type the first letter of the user name to search for.</span></li>
<li value=7><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Check Names</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Multiple Names Found</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays, listing the names starting with the specified letter found in the directory location.</span></li>
<li value=8><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the required name (or press and hold</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> [Ctrl]</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> and click on several names), and click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The simple </span><span class="f_UIControl">Select Users</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog redisplays, with the selected names listed.</span></li>
<li value=9><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">OK</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Authors</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab redisplays, with the selected name or names in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Name(s)</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field.</span></li>
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